Conner soon flew over to the limo once it pulled up with the Secret Service before he opened the limo door. President Dale smiled as she came out with her husband, The First Gentleman and they walked off as people snapped their pictures. The crystal illusion Superboy soon arrived with Black Adam.
"...Maybe you should go back to where you came from, Crystal Superboy." Black Adam said to his creation.
"You sure?" Crystal Superboy asked.
"Yeah, this way there won't be any confusion." Black Adam told him.
Crystal Superboy soon vanished, thanks to Black Adam.
"I promise I'll make it up to you later." Black Adam then whispered to himself.
Jimmy and Lois were even there before they soon looked up in the sky. It wasn't a bird or a plane, but it was Cyborg Superman.
'He sure knows how to make an entrance.' Thunder Mutt thought to himself.
"Someone should go say hi." Batman suggested.
"And I'm not much of a people person." Lady Gothika added.
"I'm a little busy right now." Wonder Woman mumbled a bit as she shook hands with the president.
Hawkman and Green Lantern soon arrived next.
"I don't really know him," Green Lantern said before looking down to Cyborg. "Vic?"
"Oh, so you think all cyborgs know each other." Cyborg said.
"Yes, but in my defense, I'm being more sensitive." Green Lantern replied.
"How are we more grown-up than the adults in the League?" Bat-Mite rolled his eyes. "I swear..."
"Lex is so wrong," Conner smiled as he joined in on the fun. "You guys are funky fresh."
"Donovan and Timber Spruce have been letting you watch those 90's sitcoms again, I see." A hauntingly familiar voice said to him.
"Lex?" Conner gasped out of fear and confusion.
"I'm in your other ear. Reminding you to stay alert," Lex's voice told him. "President Dale has her eye on you. Keep her safe. By the end of the week, with a little political maneuvering, she'll be publicly recognizing you as the one true Superman." he then reminded.
Conner smirked as he liked the sound of that. Thunder Boy soon saluted the woman in charge of his country as a tear left his eye, though he was so happy and thrilled to be apart of this. Wonder Woman smiled a bit at Thunder Boy's happiness.
"Yesterday, my husband said, 'Joan, why do you have to do this?', And I said, 'Because I stand with the Justice League as they have stood with us'," President Dale soon spoke to her people, though the Justice League soon saw and felt something coming during her speech. "Really, I'm thrilled to be here. To help dedicate the Justice League's new Watchtower. A proud... Madame President..." she then said softly as she began to see something as well.
"I get the feeling Sombra's giving a sign that his army will be coming by sending some of the Parademons." Thunder Boy whispered to his friends.
"Roger that, Storm Cloud," Bat-Mite replied. "We'll figure something out."
"Oh, do hurry." Thunder Boy gulped nervously.
"Madame President..." Wonder Woman stared as she approached the woman in charge.
"I've got you, ma'am," Conner smirked as he carried the woman in his arms as he flew up in the air with her. "I've got her, everyone!"
"You want some whipped cream with that slice of humble pie?" Bat-Mite deadpanned.
Jimmy soon aimed his camera at what seemed to be a portal. Out came what looked like a group of flying mutants.
"The caliber's here!" Sombra grinned to himself.
"Uh, Lois?" Jimmy called nervously as the people began to scatter and panic.
"Everybody clear out!" Lois told the people.
Once Conner was back on the ground with President Dale, the Secret Service escorted her to the limo.
"Kid, if I find out LexCorp had anything to do with this-" Cyborg started firmly towards Conner once he saw him.
"Look, Mr. Roboto, we got bigger problems." Conner retorted.
"The boy's right," The president's husband said as he appeared before he was shown to be Martian Manhunter. "Let's go."
"Aw, yeah," Thunder Boy grinned to himself. "It's hero time."
"Let's do this." Thunder Mutt said.
The heroes all then got into position as it was time to fight back. The ones in the air soon began to fight the flying mutants who also fought back with their own laser eyes. Conner grinned as he began to join in on the action as he helped out his friends. One of the Parademons was soon roaring at Conner. Hawkman soon flew towards other Parademons and began to beat them.
"What are these things?!" Black Adam glared as he shoved some away from Conner while helping out with his friends.
"Parademons!" Thunder Boy cried out. "My uncle told me they could from Apokalips!"
"Of course!" Black Adam realized then.
"So, then these are just the start of what's coming." Thunder Mutt said.
"Aw, crumbs..." Bat-Mite groaned before he brought out a giant vacuum to suck up the Parademons with. "This is gonna be worse than my home and that looks like Wonderland's Hell!"
"Oh, please let this go well." Mo said to herself before she soon slammed her hands on the ground.
The vines then luckily came out and began to tie up some Parademons in their clutches.
"Heh, that wasn't so bad." Mo then smirked to herself.
"Nice job." Black Adam told her as he back-fisted a Parademon that tried to attack him from behind.
Flash soon zipped all around as he moved the civilians to safety. Batman then arrived as he began to beat up some of the Parademons once he hit the ground to help out his fellow Justice League members. The heroes began to take out more and more Parademons.
"I'm not sure how much more of these I can take!" Lady Gothika called out.
"Don't worry, LG!" Black Adam told her. "Just don't let them get you!"
"That's kinda obvious." Lady Gothika told him.
"Just stay safe, okay?!" Black Adam called out to her.
"Not that anyone would miss me." Lady Gothika mumbled as she did whatever she could do to dodge.
Superman soon arrived on the scene as he began to save the president as she rushed into her limo as the Parademons tried to get her from in there. One nearly grabbed her inside of the car, but luckily, it was yanked away at the last minute. She soon yelped as one of the Parademons crashed on her back windshield which only caused cracks and screamed as a Parademon crashed through the windshield of the door on her left side only it was unconscious.
Suddenly, a hero soon appeared, though the president was still shook up from the Parademons. "Superman?" she then asked as she saw the cyborg.
"At your service, Madame President." Superman replied.
President Dale smiled as she took his hand and he soon carried her out of her limo to safety in flight. The portal was soon seen coming apart.
"Wuh-oh." Bat-Mite gulped from that.
Superman soon came to the public and set President Dale down with the rest of the civilians who luckily didn't get themselves hurt.
"Oh, man!" Bat-Mite panicked. "What do we do? What do we do?!"
"What's wrong, Bat-Mite?" Lady Gothika asked.
"The p-p-p-portal! I-I-It's!" Bat-Mite stuttered worriedly.
The portal was soon falling flat from the sky as the older heroes met up together in the center.
"Watch out!" Mo called out.
The older heroes looked up, only to have the portal land on them.
"NOOOOO!" Bat-Mite yelped out. "BATMAN!"
"Oh, man." Lady Gothika said with wide eyes.
The older heroes of the Justice League seemed to disappear into a crater in the ground that was made by the portal. Everyone looked shocked as they couldn't believe that the older heroes of the Justice League seemed to be gone, but Black Adam didn't see a shocked expression from Cyborg Superman. Lady Gothika and Thunder Boy soon held Bat-Mite as he broke down crying for Batman. The civilians looked very concerned as they watched at what happened. Lois looked over as Cyborg Superman merely looked stoic. Black Adam decided to have a word with Cyborg Superman in private.
A while later, Cyborg Superman was with Black Adam to talk in private.
"We'll talk later," Black Adam said on his phone. "Yeah, Cherry, I promise. Tell Lionel I'm so sorry and I'll make it up to him somehow... Okay, bye..." he then said before hanging up and giving Cyborg Superman a dark glare. "Hello."
"You seem angry at me." Cyborg Superman said.
"You could say that." Black Adam told him with a glare.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" Cyborg Superman asked.
"Sure," Black Adam replied firmly. "Like abandoning me after I felt so crushed and distraught when you died... At least my friends were there by my side and having my back." He then could see Cyborg Superman didn't know what he was talking about since he didn't know who he was when not doing superhero work or that he was the first Superboy before Conner. "Maybe this will help," Black Adam said before shouting. "Shazam!"
The thunderbolt soon hit Black Adam and in his place stood Atticus.
"Atticus?" Cyborg Superman asked.
"I thought you'd love and care about me enough to recognize me no matter what I looked like," Atticus crossed his arms and turned his back at the cyborg. "I guess you forgot how much you meant to me when I was your son."
"Atticus, let me explain." Cyborg Superman said.
"Explain what?" Atticus huffed. "That you're a coward? That you wanted to leave me?"
"It's nothing like that," Cyborg Superman told Atticus. "I'd never want to hurt you."
"Then why didn't you come home?" Atticus glared.
"I just-" Cyborg Superman tried to tell him.
"Didn't care about any of us?!" Atticus glared. "I was in a lot of pain! Lois was in a lot of pain! You all left us for dead and maybe even worse!"
"Atticus, please let me explain everything." Cyborg Superman said before seeing Atticus change into Superboy while still glaring.
"NO!" Atticus snapped.
Cyborg Superman then knew he would have fight Atticus AKA Superboy.
"I'm very disappointed in you," Superboy glared. "You've left me no choice."
"Please, let's just talk about this." Cyborg Superman replied.
"You had a chance to talk and you used it to lie to me and the town!" Superboy glared as he lunged out at Cyborg Superman.
Cyborg Superman was sent tumbling with Superboy as the Boy of Steel began to let out of his anger on him. After letting all his anger out, Superboy stopped as he panted.
"Please... Listen..." Cyborg Superman told him.
"Grr..." Superboy weakly growled. "Fine, I'll listen."
"First of all, it had to be done," Cyborg Superman told Superboy. "I'd never do anything to hurt you and our family."
"Aside from that fling with Miss Lane?" Superboy replied.
"Who taught you that word?" Cyborg Superman then asked.
"I'm a teenager, remember?" Superboy smirked a bit from that. "You're lucky I wasn't so graphic like most kids my age."
"Still... I didn't mean to hurt anybody." Cyborg Superman then told him.
"Well, you did," Superboy said softly. "Also if you really are Dad, then tell me; why are you a cyborg?"
"It's because of my heritage." Cyborg Superman replied.
"...Zuh?" Superboy asked as he felt lost.
"I explained this to Miss Lane before," Cyborg Superman told him. "Death doesn't mean the end for me and my people and they were able to help me have a genome in this form to reactivate myself once Doomsday killed me."
"So what you mean is that this isn't the real you, but just a cyborg you until the real you has fully healed at the Fortress of Solitude?" Superboy guessed.
"You were always smart as a detective." Cyborg Superman said.
Superboy smiled bashfully from that before narrowing his eyes. "I'm still a little mad about the whole death thing," he then said. "It was rough enough when I don't even know where my birth parents are and then to lose you... I just felt like crawling into a hole and disappearing into a brave new world."
"I know and I'm very sorry." Cyborg Superman said.
"I guess it's okay..." Superboy replied. "It's just a lot to take in."
"I know," Cyborg Superman said. "So will you continue as Superboy or continue as your new superhero alter ego?"
"I'm gonna let time decide on that actually," Superboy replied. "I mean... I feel so comfortable with Superboy, I've been that longer, but I think I need to think about all of this."
"I understand." Cyborg Superman told him.
"By the way, you should know, I think-... No, I know who was behind that portal that brought those Parademons here." Superboy said.
"A boom tube?" Cyborg Superman guessed.
"No," Superboy shook his head. "Sombra."
"Oh..." Cyborg Superman replied.
"I can't believe this!" Superboy shook his fists a bit firmly. "He's evil and I was foolish to think that I could live with him."
"I guess what other choice could you have had?" Cyborg Superman replied.
"Yeah... Social Services would be on my butt," Superboy pouted a bit. "And as much as I love Grandma and Grandpa Kent, I'd hate to move to Kansas to be away from my friends."
"Makes sense." Cyborg Superman said.
"Well... I'm glad that we at least had this talk." Superboy then told him.
"I'm glad too." Cyborg Superman nodded from that.
"When I meet up with the real you; I'll give him the biggest hug ever." Superboy said.
"I think that's a good promise to live by." Cyborg Superman smiled.
Superboy smiled back, but for right now, this was goodbye.
Some time had passed as the Justice League's deaths hit the news.
"We're still reeling from the latest alien attack and the devastating loss of the Justice League," A newswoman reported the recent news. "President Dale will speak at a memorial in Centennial Park to honor the fallen. Alongside the man whose heroic actions have proven to us all that he truly is Superman reborn. And let me just say, it feels good to have him back."
Jessica soon turned off the TV before there was an urgent knocking at the door.
"Coming." Jessica said before going to answer the door.
Cherry soon ran inside as she was at the door.
"Whoa!" Jessica yelped as that nearly knocked her down before she used magic to catch Cherry and lift the girl up in the air into a magical bubble. "Cherry, where's the fire?"
"I gotta hide! I gotta hide!" Cherry panicked as she sat in the bubble.
"Okay and begs the question as to why?" Jessica asked.
"Social Services has tracked me down," Cherry said. "I tried to go home to put up with my parents for just an hour or so before I'd go back to Wayne Manor."
"So what happened?" Jessica asked.
"I couldn't find them anywhere and now Social Services is threatening to take me away!" Cherry cried out.
"What?!" Jessica replied before closing the door and locking it. "Where could your parents be that is so important that they didn't leave a note?"
"I don't know!" Cherry cried as Jessica soon lowered her and popped the bubble.
"Oh, Cherry..." Jessica frowned in concern.
"My parents don't even care about me anymore," Cherry sulked. "All they ever do anymore is argue with each other. I don't know what happened to make them act like this, I want it to stop, but I'm stuck. I'm gonna be taken away from all my friends."
"Hmm... Not necessarily," Jessica said. "There is one way to trick the Social Services to not be able to take you away."
Cherry looked confused before remembering Atticus's crystal illusions.
"I'm sorry about your parents," Jessica said. "I hope it gets better for you."
"Me too," Cherry sighed softly. "I always wished that Bruce could've been my dad. He really looks out for me like the daughter he never had."
"Well, I'm glad to hear that Mr. Spooky from the Justice League had a soft side," Jessica smiled to help cheer up Cherry as she went to get her brother. "Wait here."
Cherry then looked worried about waiting as she stared at the clock. Once Jessica was outside her brother's bedroom, she knocked on the door.
"Yes, Jessica?" Atticus asked from the other side.
"I have to ask you a favor for a friend of yours." Jessica said.
"Sure, what is it?" Atticus smiled.
"Your friend Cherry is in need of parental assistance." Jessica replied.
Atticus soon opened his door after hearing that. "Two crystal illusions of Cherry's parents, who act unlike her actual always arguing parents, coming up." he then said before using his crystal power to make two crystal illusions appear.
"Will they last forever?" Cherry asked.
"I'm afraid not forever, but this should be at least helpful so they won't take you away," Atticus smiled softly. "I'm still so sorry about Bruce. How's Lionel holding up?"
"I'm afraid he hasn't come out of his room ever since," Cherry frowned. "I tried to ask him for help, but he just told me to go away... All Alfred and I can do is just leave him food and leave him be."
"Whoa... He is really taking it hard." Jessica said.
"Tell me about it," Cherry sighed. "Before I met Lionel, the only company he had in the 5th-Dimension was his TV to look into the 3rd-Dimension which is our world and he would watch Batman all the time, and mine and Atticus's adventures. Being a Batman fanboy was kind of his thing and he even made his own Bat-Mite costume before he got exiled. I really wish I could help him, but I can't... I'm a bad friend."
"Cherry, you're not a bad friend," Jessica said as she hugged the perky goth. "You've helped Atticus after Superman's death by going to the funeral... You gave him a friend to talk to before Superman adopted him as his son... You're also very close with Lionel and that Thor kid. I'd say that makes you a really great friend." she then said with a supportive smile.
"She's right." Patch smiled.
Cherry turned away with a bit of a sniffle.
"Oh, Cherry, we didn't mean to upset you." Atticus frowned.
"I'm fine!" Cherry replied, though she wiped her eyes. "I just have allergies..." she then walked out of the house with the crystal illusions of her parents.
"...You're welcome!" Atticus soon called out since Cherry didn't really say "Thank you".
"So, what were you doing in your bedroom?" Patch asked his master.
"Just thinking some more about what to do next." Atticus replied.
"Well, for one thing; that portal it looked like it was still active until it, you know, collided with the Justice League and the ground." Jessica said.
"Hey, she's right." Patch said.
"Huh?" Atticus blinked, he then paused before he took out his phone. "Hey, Thor? Quick question... Is your uncle busy?"
"I think he's at the Spellman house actually," Thor replied from his house. "Why?"
"I need to borrow his crystal ball." Atticus replied.
"Alright, but you better have a good reason." Thor said.
"I do." Atticus replied.
"Okay, I'll go get him for you." Thor said before hanging up.
"Thanks, I-" Atticus said before he heard the dial tone. "...Okay? Goodbye to you too."
"Why do you need Thor's uncle?" Patch asked.
"Because he sees everything," Atticus replied. "I wanna make sure you guys are right, though I don't doubt that you are."
"Besides, they were standing in the middle of the portal when it was crashing down." Jessica said.
"That's a good point too... I just wanna make sure." Atticus replied.
Jessica and Patch nodded from that.